Kyrgyz security service accuse opposition of planning mass riots
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan’s state security body said on Wednesday it had audio recordings that showed several opposition politicians planned mass riots to oust President Almazbek Atambayev, but two of the accused politicians denounced the recordin…
India authorities search IndiGo flights after bomb threat
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Nine of the 10 planes operated by India’s IndiGo airline, which received a bomb threat on Wednesday, were checked but nothing unusual was found, a police official told Reuters.
Famine threatens half of Yemen: WFP
SANAA (Reuters) – Nearly half of Yemen’s 22 provinces on the verge of famine as result of the war there and more than 13 million people need food aid, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) says.
Popular London mayor eyes Trump-style insurgency to win British EU exit battle
LONDON (Reuters) – Once mistaken for fellow blond Donald Trump by a passerby in New York, London Mayor Boris Johnson hopes his own gift for grabbing headlines and charming voters can persuade Britain to vote to leave the European Union at a June 23 ref…
Impeachment no solution for Brazil economic woes: minister
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The impeachment of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is not a solution for the country’s economic problems because any new government would lack legitimacy, Presidential Chief of Staff Jaques Wagner said on Wednesday.
Trump says Muslims not doing enough to prevent attacks
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Muslims were not helping to prevent attacks such as those that killed at least 30 people in Belgium, drawing a rebuke from Britain’s government and from Muslim groups in the co…
Egypt’s Sisi names 10 ministers in cabinet reshuffle
CAIRO (Reuters) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi named 10 new ministers, including the finance and investment portfolios, in a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday meant to help revive an economy laid low by years of political turmoil and militant violence.
Japanese man detained in Turkey for trying to join Islamic State: sources
ANKARA (Reuters) – A Japanese man who had attempted to join the Islamic State militant group has been detained by Turkish security forces near the Syrian border on Wednesday, security sources said.
Mali arrests 21 after attack on EU military training mission
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Authorities in Mali have arrested 21 people in connection with an attack on the headquarters of an EU military training operation there, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
Vietnam political bloggers jailed for ‘abusing freedom’: lawyer
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam jailed a well-known political blogger and his assistant on Wednesday for abusing democratic freedom, their lawyer said, in a verdict that stirred public interest and a mix of concern and criticism from rights groups and the Un…
